Orre Hellevator - Near the Rooftop

-Vulpecula spins her gauntlets to make sure they're completely loaded with explosive rounds.-

Vulpecula: "Two superheroes in an elevator, one foot apart because they're both gay but they have to help kill a heretic robot."

-her job done, Vee coalesces from an environmental hazard back into a weird "cat"-

Palico!Vee: -satisfied sigh-

Megan: -gingerly patting herself down- Better?

Palico!Vee: -sniff- I don't have any idea what you're talking about.

-and she surrounds Megan with a little water, which starts glowing-

-Megan sighs in relief-

Logan: -to the Commander, glancing over at Megan to note her general health- On it.

-to Megan, Colton, Arthur- Let's go!

-and they head inside, Megan behind them-

Orre Factory Rooftop

Lamb fired another long tendril of fire with her bow, aiming between the Palkiabot's eyes.

Post-Nargacuga Battle

Taking the sword in a backhand grip Colton held it in front of him and watched as Obscura accumulated on it.

In a test drive, he swung the blade at a tree and watched as the darkness detached and flew forward, a little disappointed the blade faded away before it could reach the tree.

And then he raced off with the rest of the ground, longsword floating beside him.

The New World, Desert

Lita brought her longsword down onto the large fish monster, cutting large gashes into its protective hide. From atop an outcropping Des fire a bunch of tranq rounds into it. The monster swayed and eventually collapsed.

Des:-reloads- "I can get used to this world. Onto the base!"

He and the local hunters head in. Lita hangs at the back of the group, hanging around for a bit. A little Joltik with a camera in his head hopped up on her shoulder. She radioed Goober.

Lita: "Goober come in. This is Grip. We're entering the base now. Anything we should know about?"

The New World, Hunter's Base

All three hunting parties were funneled through the oddly empty hallways until they all arrived at a central hub area. Inside the facility there's an alert going off accompanied by a prerecorded message.

ZORAH MAGDAROS GEDDON IMMINENT. EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY

Des: "What's a Zorah Magdaros Geddon? Is it related to your Zorah Magdaros?"

The New World, Some Distance from the Hunter's Base

The crowd of pokémon gathered

Kendall: <Change of plans, everyone. We've received word. We proceed when Goober and Ezra get here.>

Doreen: <And what of bugface?>

Kendall: <Nicky was told to go ahead and move forward to rendezvous with Grip and her allies.>

Doreen: <And why not the electric hamster?>

Harrison: <Better him than me.>

Kendall: <We need you for something else.>

Goober arrives followed by Ezra, who remains in his human disguise. A few flicks of his hand meant that they were to follow him downhill.

In his mind, he was very worried. He receives the transmission from Grip.

Goober, to Lita: This is Goober. We've reconned the area. Harrison got in the closest; his feed was disturbing. The place is evacuated and they kept mentioning ZORAH MAGDAROS GEDDON as part of the warning, and call me crazy, but I feel that... something is in there. A foreboding presence of some kind. I sent my joltik to rendezvous with you. Has he arrived? Over.

Hunter's Base

Nicky: <Ooh, Lita's here with a buncha fellas. Mission accomplished.>

Palico!Vee: -remembering the monster manual entry- Fuck.

Addie: -likewise- <Fuck.>

Megan: Fffffrick.

Logan: -blink- Spiderbyte. Wisp.

Palicogon-2 Palico!Spiderbyte: Yes?

Wisp: -floating out of Addie- <Haaaaai?>

Logan: -looking around at the other arrivals- Move around, see if there's any data you can steal or systems to co-opt.

-Capturing both of them- I'll call you back if there's trouble or if we're leaving.

Palico!Spiderbyte: Right!

Wisp: -drifting off- <Okaaaaay~>

Palico!Spiderbyte: -glancing back- ...take care of yourself this time, alright?

Logan: -reassuringly- I'll see you soon.

-and the Palico-Porygon scampers off after the increasingly distant Rotom-

-in their place, Logan sends out Mane, who sparks excitedly-

Mane the Manetric: -grin- <Up for a flight?>

Logan: Looks like—they stole parts from something tall.

Mane: <Excellent.>

Megan: -counting, under her breath- ...how much water will we need to deal with this...

...maybe I should use a weapon I'm actually trained in.

-so rather than re-drawing the Switch Axe, she pulls out her trident, and sends out Pippy-

Pippy the Empoleon: <...this is gonna suck, isn't it?>

-and he blinks at Vee- <You got even shorter!>

Palico!Vee: I'm still tall enough to bite your kneecaps, buddy—

Pippy: -pointing at her, shocked- <Augh! Language centers!>

Palico!Vee: Oh yeah, I was wondering about that.

-despite the banter, everyone readies themselves-

Torna

XB!Siobhan: "There have been reports of drivers going missing in the area, along with sightings of people in suspicious-looking uniforms that match no known nation. The King is concerned that someone's attempting to take advantage of the Aegis' attack."

Vi: "... What sort of uniforms?"

XB!Siobhan: "White and blue, according to the reports."

Vi: "Mobius, has to be."

XB!Siobhan: "That is... not an organization with which I am familiar."

Vi: "Suffice to say, they're terrorists."

XB!Siobhan frowns.

XB!Siobhan: "And I imagine you all are in conflict with them?"

Vi nods.

Fuschia City Zoo

-Lissa tilts her head.-

Lissa: You've never seen a Lapras? I thought they were, like, pretty common in a lot of regions. And the Faction's the group I work for. It was supposed to be just a placeholder name, but then it kinda... stuck.

PEFE HQ Depths

-Kahlia closes her eyes and grimaces.-

Kahlia: Yeah... I don't blame you. Still, I... it's good to know that there's others like us out there. I know I'll never get the chance to give those bastards what they deserve, but at least we can try and take back some of what they stole from us.

Orre, Factory Tower, Rooftop - Past

-Gaia sighs at the silence from her comms unit.-

Gaia: I suppose backup is still a while away, if it's forthcoming at all.

-She leans out of cover and lashes her whip around one of the Future-Series!Palkia's legs, sending electricity surging through it and trying to pull it to the ground.-

Fuschia City Zoo

"Oh, well..."

She's not sure if she should tell her she's from another timeline. As they approach the pen Lita let's out a little gasp and her arm tightens around Lissa's as she sees the Water/Ice Pokemon.

"They're...all gone where I'm from. I've only seen pictures.

She glances at the placard.

"King of the seas? That I can agree with."

Torna

-To XB!Siobhan-

That's what we're here to do. If we join forces, we should be able to flush them out.

Orre Tower, Robogod Fight, Past

Murphy, manifesting as some 21-year-old that Braun probably has no clue even exists: So, doc, apparently, I'm in your god machine. Pretty funny how that works. You know, your old friend had this legendary-themed robot but she did a better job of making it hard for a pory to access, and here I am in your system, sitting at your only place of escape. And here we are talking about apotheosis. Tell you what, Optimus Crime, let's even up the odds a bit. Welcome to Learner Lab where today we'll make a false godbot bleed! Can machines even bleed? I thought that was a purely organic animal thing. Plants bleed, sort of. Grass types kinda bleed. Porys don't bleed. Ghost types only ever bled before they became ghosts.

Murphy manifests as [Raleigh Beckett] from [Pacific Rim]...

Murphy: Let's see how you fare when you start hitting yourself!

...and begins to flail around like he's controlling a giant robot all mo-cap style. Kinda ridiculous, actually.

Murphy: Controls are a bit harder to override. I'll give you that.

Murphy's avatar soon disappears, replaced with this error message◊.

Edited by MasterJayAM on Jul 29th 2019 at 9:20:10 PM

New World Mobius Base

Hunter Pent: I don't like this arena, too flawless...

-He takes a deep breath and readies his weapon-

Hunter Pent: Zorah Magdaros, the volcanic Elder Dragon... Chest, need to focus the chest...

Orre Tower Roof

-Nightingale jumps back, her suit changing to the sky-blue of her Daytime Form-

By the Harsh Light of Dawn...

-She dismisses the Collapsing Spatial Wave and constructs a sunburst-shaped Gaster opening between her hands-

Burn!

-She fires, aiming for center mass-

The New World, Hunter's Base

The ground underneath shook. There was a large cracking sound followed by several stomps. Outside the gathered Hunters and J-Teamers could see a whole side of the mountain the base was built on suddenly break off and sprout legs.

The resulting monster was a towering volcanic...thing. Oddly it had glowing markings that resembled Groudon markings. The mountain stretched out its neck and let out a massive roar, something akin to a volcanic eruption.

''Holy...damn, we don't have any ballistas. Wait, that base has Dragonators. Someone of you will have to find the Dragonator controls and any other armaments you can. The rest will have to climb the beast and herd it in front of the base. I trust the Hunters of the group can find the Magmacores.

Searching through the base's database, the Paliogon finds a map of the place. Should come in handy.

PEFE HQ Depths

Mason: ...Eventually. Eventually, we'll destroy them. It may take years, but we'll give them what they deserve for making us what we are. You know there's more of us, right? Ludmilla and Alonya and Neon, and whoever else is out there fighting on their own, as well. And the people who care about us, too. Ludmilla's got Dune and Deziree, and Alonya and I have each other and Shaun and Rose and Scarlette and Lucius, and...

-He lifts up his phone, briefly displaying the message.-

Mason: You've got Kai. And it sounds like Kai's got the Aurabolts for you, too, or at least, they will.

Edited by BittersweetNSour on Jul 28th 2019 at 8:11:56 AM

New World, Hunter's Base

Lance: 0_0

Ssshit.

Edited by Routeferret on Jul 28th 2019 at 1:38:43 PM

New World, Hunter's Base

Goober, on the phone: Grip, we've just arri— HOLY SHIT.

<beat>

Goober: Over.

Ezra: Look on the bright side, Goober. They can't say we faked something that's very clearly out of our budget.

-a red-haired woman is sitting at a stall, looking bored-

-a Charizard is sleeping curled up nearby-

Jenna: Man, no one is showing up today. What's the deal? It's the middle of July.

-the Volcarona next to her flutters-

Iris: <...Perhaps they are occupied with something else.>

Jenna: Mmm. Maybe I should head over to that volcano on Akala. Fire trainers are supposed to like volcanoes, aren't they?

Iris: <...Do you?>

Jenna: No, I'm a beach girl. You know that. Besides—

-Jenna is interrupted by the Charizard awakening with a loud roar-

Fafnir: <Raaaah!>

-and he immediately turns around and swipes the kid behind him with a claw, knocking him onto the sand-

Jenna: Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold on!

Youngster♂: Ow...

-on closer inspection, the youngster is holding a bucket-

Jenna: What the hell was this about?

Fafnir: <This child attacked me!>

Youngster♂: I just wanted to see...

Jenna: Wanted to see what?

Youngster♂: You know how they say Charizard will die if the fire on its tail goes out?

Jenna: Yes...

-Jenna eyes the bucket-

Jenna: Wait, did you seriously pour a bucket of seawater on his tail?

Youngster♂: Um, yeah.

-the youngster now looks very embarrassed-

Jenna: Okay, one, a Char's tail flame is its life force. You can't just put it out like it's a campfire. Fafnir here has withstood Hydro Cannons before and it still burns bright.

-Fafnir grunts-

Fafnir: <That hurt.>

Jenna: Two, you realize if this had worked, you would have killed him, right?

Youngster♂: Uh.

Jenna: That said, Fire types in general are sensitive to water, so he really didn't like that. No wonder he hit you.

Iris: <...Strange. An expected reaction from him, however.>

Jenna: And the tail's pretty sensitive too, especially the tip.

Fafnir: <Like I said, that hurt.>

Jenna: I think you need to apologize to him.

Youngster♂: What?

-Jenna facepalms-

Jenna: Apologize for attempting to murder my Charizard.

Fafnir: <Please do.>

-the youngster looks at Fafnir and shivers-

Youngster♂: Um. Um. I'msorry.

-and runs away-

Iris: <...That was truly bizarre.>

Fafnir: <Good enough for me. If anyone else tries that, scorch them.>

-Fafnir nods to Iris, then curls back up-

Jenna: Ugh. Why do I always get the worst kids?

Braun laughed, "Oh Tonio? Where do you think she got the designs for Porygon protection. This isn't a simple computer running a basic software, I've been in here for 20 years, what do you think I did all that time?"

His laughing became corrupted and distorted,    "Now get out!"   

The elevator reached the top, Rogue and Vulpecula would see the Palkia robot, under attack from the entire team.

It paused, and then spat out Murphy straight at Taipain, only to be struck by Nightingale's Gaster Attack, add in all the damage it was receiving, the attack finally dented the thing. This threw it off balance, the electrowhip attack from Gaia knocked it down, the continued attacks finally popped off a leg and a arm.

Jackal saw a opportunity, and dashed forward, "V on me. I need heavy firepower now, we're taking out the brain!"

Fox watched as Jackal dashed over, "What's he planning?"

Hayon took a deep breath, ~This thing has been a bullet sponge! Say what you will but they built their special projects to last!~

-that's a mountain-

-an angry, erupting mountain-

-right next to the base they're in-

Palico!Vee: -carefully- ...huh. Should've brought the ship.

Megan: -weakly- ...████

Palico!Vee: It...doesn't have weapons, but it can fly really fast.

Pippy: -gulps-

Logan: ...

Logan: -deep breath-

Logan: -exhale-

Logan: Okay.

That's...big.

Okay.

-and with well-practiced ease, everyone starts running like hell-

-Logan's Styler pings with the base layout-

-or the beginnings of the download, at least, sorted by priority information-

-top priority is a cutsey catmon emoticon with the message Hang in there! E:3-

Logan: -smiling at the note, pings the Commander on comms- We can handle the herding towards these Dragonators. The spears.

Pippy: -skidding away from volcanoside- <We will not survive getting squished by that.>

Mane: <So we need to go fast, then.>

-and Logan and Megan swing onto their mons-

Pippy: <You're entirely too excited about this!>

Mane: <Hey, what about her?>

Palico!Vee: -serenely- ...y'know, I think I'm good, actually?

-she's clinging onto Pippy as he goes into a belly-slide-

Pippy: <I think if we go all the way over there, we can still hit it...!>

-hyperventilating slightly- <I mean! How can you miss it?? It's!!! The size of a????>

Addie: -magnetically patting him- <Hey, we've faced bigger.>

Pippy: -wild-eyed- <We've run from bigger!!!>

Logan: Hey, breathe. We'll keep running.

Megan: ...and if all else fails, we can keep a distance and let it demolish the base?

Logan: Let's keep it from wrecking this world's environment, first.

Addie: <Let's keep them from reclaiming this thing. Yeesh.>

Mane: <Let's go!>

-panels on Logan's Styler slide open, revealing what appears to be a Key Stone-

-and the Capture Disc starts a slow orbit around Mane, threads of light splitting off in helices to form the beginnings of a cocoon-

Logan: We've got this. Ready?

Elsewhere

-Spiderbyte and Wisp head towards where the nearest Dragonator controls are marked on the map-

Wisp: -zooming about- <Wheeeeee~>

Spiderbyte: -hurrying after- Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait—

-they look out-of-place, but fairly harmless-

Edited by Asterisk395 on Jul 28th 2019 at 10:35:29 AM

Orre Factory - Rooftop

Vulpecula: "On it!"

-She flies above Jackal, eye slits brightened.-

Jackal reached the downed mech unit, and brought a boot onto the neck of the machine, he quickly scanned the back, "Here. Start firing here, we want to crack this thing open, if I'm right, we should have the control unit, and even better... Braun himself."

Orre, Factory Rooftop

Stranger sees the opportunity.

"Mika get in there and give them a little help!"

His Pikachu dashed over and hit the back of the mech with an Iron Tail where Jackal instructed.

"BRG, make sure that thing doesn't move."

The Gyarados coiled itself around the mech's legs.

Orre Factory - Rooftop

-Vulpecula laughs like a kid in a candy store.-

-...or a foxgirl in a candy store, if we're being honest.-

Vulpecula: "DEATH TO THE HERETIC!"

-Mini explosions rack the air as Vulpecula unloads her shotguns.-

-Phantom casts chains to help restrain Braun.-

Phantom: "Gods help me but look how beautiful she is right now"

Spectre: <...I can see why you and Jackal get along.>

Futures Factory — Roof

-Rogue watches Vulpecula go to town on the fake Palkia.-

Rogue: ...Goddamn. Phantom, you've got yourself a hell of a girlfriend, you know?

-They reach for a thermite charge.-

Rogue: If we can get a crack in there that's just the right size, I think I can stuff a charge in there and just let it melt through. This shit's damage over time, and it just gets worse and worse. Just... gotta keep an eye peeled for an opening.

Orre Factory

Phantom: "You should meet the boyfriend. I've got good taste, other people have bad taste. It's cool like that."

Edited by SwiftSeraph on Jul 29th 2019 at 8:59:55 AM